Jolie alleges ‘history’ of Pitt’s physical abuse

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s fight over the French winery they once owned together is coming to a head and reigniting older conflicts, as new legal documents allege a “history of physical abuse of Jolie” on the part of Pitt prior to their fateful plane ride in 2016.
On Thursday, Jolie filed a motion with the Los Angeles Superior Court, a copy of which CNN has obtained, wherein she claims that she attempted to sell Pitt her stake in the Miraval winery and that their negotiations ultimately broke down after Pitt conditioned the sale on Jolie signing an NDA that “prohibited Jolie from speaking (other than in court) about Pitt’s abuse of Jolie and their children by attempting to tie Pitt’s personal reputation to Miraval’s business.”
This week’s new filing stems from Pitt’s 2022 lawsuit, in which he claimed that he and Jolie had an agreement that neither would sell their stake in the winery without the other’s consent. In a June 2023 filing, he alleged that Jolie’s sale of her stake in the winery was “vindictive” after an “adverse custody ruling.”
Jolie also claims in Thursday’s filing that Pitt’s “history of physical abuse of Jolie started well before the family’s September 2016 plane trip from France to Los Angeles,” but does not go into further detail about the alleged prior abuse.
“At trial, Jolie will prove through testimony, emails, photographs, and other evidence why Pitt was so concerned about his own misconduct that he blew up his own deal to purchase Jolie’s interest in Miraval because she refused to agree to his new, expansive NDA,” the filing reads.
Jolie claims in the filing on Thursday that she agreed to sign an NDA that was “limited to not disparaging Miraval’s wine business” as part of her initial deal to sell Pitt her stake in the winery, which they were close to finalizing at the time.
Pitt had previously claimed in his June 2023 amended complaint that after Jolie would not agree to sign his NDA, she proposed an even broader NDA that “would have provided that “[o]ther than in court pleadings or testimony, neither party shall directly or through a party’s representatives make in a public forum any derogatory remark about the other party.”
CNN has reached out to a representative for Pitt seeking comment on the new allegations outlined in Thursday’s filing.
“Mr Pitt refused to purchase Ms Jolie’s interest when she would not be silenced by his NDA. By refusing to buy her interest but then suing her, Mr. Pitt put directly at issue why that NDA was so important to him and what he hoped it would bury: his abuse of Ms. Jolie and their family,” Paul Murphy, Jolie’s attorney, told CNN in a statement on Thursday. “After eight months of delays, this motion asks the Court to force Mr. Pitt to finally produce that evidence.”
Jolie never ended up pressing charges against Pitt in relation to the 2016 altercation, according to the filing, because she believed “the best course was for Pitt to accept responsibility and help the family recover from the post-traumatic stress he caused.” – CNN

Star says doing a reboot ‘would be very weird’

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And that’s how Patricia Richardson feels about revisiting one of her most famous roles.
Richardson, who starred opposite Tim Allen on the ‘90s sitcom “Home Improvement,” opened up about doing a reboot of the series during an interview on the “Back to the Best” podcast published Thursday.
The actress, who played Allen’s TV wife Jill Taylor, reflected that it was “so weird” to see news that her former co-star was discussing plans to revive the show.
“I would hear (Tim) was coming out publicly and saying this stuff about how everyone was on board to do a ‘Home Improvement’ reunion. But he never asked me, and he never asked Jonathan (Taylor Thomas), who I talk to,” Richardson recalled. “So, I called Jonathan one day and said, ‘Has he asked you about this? And he went, ‘No, and why’s he going around telling everybody that we’re all on board when he hasn’t talked to you or me?’”
In 2023, Allen reportedly revealed in an interview with The Messenger that he’d been brainstorming a “Home Improvement” spinoff with co-star Richard Karn (Al Borland), as well as his TV sons Thomas (Randy Taylor), Zachery Ty Bryan (Brad Taylor) and Taran Noah Smith (Mark Taylor).
“One of the conversations we’ve had recently is how weird it would be if ‘Home Improvement’ would be about the kids’ kids,” Allen told the outlet, per Entertainment Weekly.
– Yahoo Entertainment

West accused of discrimination, harassment by former employee

A former employee of Kanye West, pictured, has filed suit accusing the controversial artist of harassment, discrimination and retaliation, among other allegations.
Trevor Phillips filed the lawsuit Tuesday against the rapper, whose legal name is Ye, as well as his Yeezy company and his Los Angeles-based K-12 Christian private school Donda Academy. In the suit obtained by CNN, Phillips alleges that West “treated the black staff considerably worse than white employees,” calling the discrimination “severe.”
“Even when class was in session, Kanye would scream and berate black employees, while never even as much raising his tone at the white staff,” the suit alleges. – CNN

Actress Demi Moore defies age at 61 in a sheer gown

Demi Moore, pictured, may be 61, but someone apparently needs to remind the star of that because the iconic actress has seemingly forgotten to age.
The Charlie’s Angels star made an appearance at the opening of a Dolce & Gabbana exhibit in Milan over the weekend.
She modelled a gorgeous sheer gown draped over a black two-piece, and wowed the audience with her age-defying looks.
The mother of three, who shares daughters, Rumer, 35, Scout, 32, and Tallulah, 30, with her ex-husband Bruce Willis, was all smiles between camera flashes as she posed for pictures.
Other stars who stepped out to the opening included Cher, Lupita Nyong’o, Helen Mirren, Isabella Rossellini and Naomi Campbell.
The historic fashion exhibition features “loans of important historic works of art by Italian old masters from major public collections, as well as responses to Dolce & Gabbana’s designs by contemporary artists”.
Meanwhile, Moore’s appearance comes after she recently addressed her ex-husband’s dementia battle.
“I think, given the givens, he’s doing very well,” Moore shared on Good Morning America.
“What I’ll say is what I say to my children, which is it’s important to just meet them where they’re at and not hold onto what isn’t,” she added. “Because there’s great beauty and sweetness and loving and joy out of that.”
Moore and Willis have remained close since their divorce in 2000, often coming together to support their three daughters: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah.
The family regularly posts snaps of them hanging out on their social media accounts. The two were married for 13 years.
The actress has stood by Willis’s side as he battles frontotemporal dementia or FTD, which the family announced last year.
Moore previously encouraged other families struggling with dementia to “let go”. – news.com.au
When asked, “What message do you have for people out there who have family members who have dementia?”
Moore replied on Andy Cohen’s Sirius XM show, “When you let go of who they’ve been or who you think they (should be), or who even you would like them to be, you can then really stay in the present.
“Take in the joy … the love that is present and there for all that they are, not all that they’re not.” – news.com.au

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ son accused of sexual assault in lawsuit

Christian Combs, pictured, son of rapper, producer and businessman Sean “Diddy” Combs, is accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit that names both men.
The 31-page lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, according to an attorney for the plaintiff, Grace O’Marcaigh.
O’Marcaigh worked as a crew member and bartender on a yacht leased by Sean Combs and his family in December 2022, according to the lawsuit.
The experience was “sold as a wholesome family excursion” but turned into a “hedonistic environment,” the lawsuit says, and suspected sex workers and other celebrities were often brought aboard. – CNN